Lord Rooker: The Northern Ireland office of the Assets Recovery agency has realised the following amounts since its creation.
	
		
			  2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Disruption £2.1 million £3.7 million £15.9 million 
			 Realised — £0.73 million £1.1 million 
		
	
	The Northern Ireland office's actual expenditure for the same period was:
	
		
			  2003-04 2004-05 2005-6 
			 Northern Ireland actual £1.8 million £3.0 million £4.2 million 
		
	
	Disruption is defined as: a) the freezing of assets through a restraint order, freezing order, Mareva injunction1 or interim receiving order; or b) where freezing has not taken place, either i) making of a confiscation or recovery order, or ii) voluntary settlement/payment, where no order has been made, or iii) undertakings given not to deal with assets; or c) the issue of a tax assessment.
	1Mareva Injunction: an order which freezes assets and acts as a disruption.

Lord Triesman: Since the grenade attack in Sylhet in May 2004 in which the high commissioner was injured, we have taken every available opportunity to stress to the Government of Bangladesh the importance of bringing the perpetrators to justice, not least for the relatives of those who tragically died. It is vital for the Government of Bangladesh to conclude credible investigations into this and other attacks as soon as possible. Regrettably, despite the high profile of the cases and consistent lobbying by the UK, EU and others in the international community, the Bangladeshi authorities have so far failed to bring these investigations to a satisfactory conclusion.
	Most recently, the high commissioner issued a public statement on 21 May on this subject which is available on the website of our high commission in Dhaka at www.britishcominission.gov.uk/servlet/Front?page name ==OpenMarket%Xcelerate/ShowPage&e =Page&cid= 1101397177004&a=KArticle&aid=1145898689339.
	Our high commission in Dhaka continues to raise this and other unresolved cases with the Government of Bangladesh at a senior level and on a regular basis.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the independent expert body that advises Government on drug misuse issues, has recently recommended that the Government reclassify methylamphetamine from a class B drug to a class A drug. During its deliberations the council closely considered the international experience, including that of the USA. Prior to making the recommendation, the ACMD monitored and considered related articles on the methylamphetamine situation in the United States and elsewhere. The ACMD has also been in close liaison with agencies including ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) and Her Majesties Revenue and Customs (HMRC), who have direct links with equivalent authorities in the United States in relation to methylamphetamine.
	The ACMD, in its report on methylamphetamine published in November 2005, recommended that methylamphetamine precursors should be controlled by being added to the European precursor legislation. The ACMD further recommended the removal of the exemption on ephedrine tablets under the European precursor legislation. The Home Office has accepted these recommendations in full and work is currently underway in taking them forward.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: The Government have carried out no specific assessment on the need for other European Union (EU) member states to develop new nuclear power plants. However, we are aware of the energy policies of other member states, including their views on new nuclear build, through our regular direct contacts at EU level and bilateral meetings, through the regular reporting of our embassies to central government and through other information co-ordinated by the European Commission. Of course, each member state has different energy requirements, dependent on the natural resources available to them and the forms of energy they choose to use.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: Copies of the DTI's final regulatory impact assessment on the restriction of hazardous substances directive were submitted to the Library of the House on 25 May this year. The annualised costs to UK industry have been estimated to be between £91 and £170 million over the next 10 years. Delaying implementation would mean that equipment placed on the UK market would not have incurred their proportion of these costs but any equipment exported to other EU member states would have had to comply to be lawfully placed on the market in those countries. It would not have been economically feasible for companies placing goods on the EU market to run two manufacturing lines.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: No decision has been made regarding the merger of probation areas. Consideration is being given to the impact on the Probation Service of the proposed police reform and the proposed creation of probation trusts.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: Details of the remuneration of the chairs of public bodies appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry are published in the annual Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies. Details of chairs appointed after 31 March 2005 are contained at Annex B7, pages 223-231 of the DTI's departmental report 2006. All the chairs are part-time.

Lord Rooker: The remuneration and time commitments of chairs/members of all Northern Ireland Office public bodies are published each year in the Northern Ireland Office departmental report. Similar information for bodies sponsored by Northern Ireland's 11 government departments is published in their annual Public Appointments Annual Report. Copies of the latest versions of both these reports are available from the Library of the House and can be found on the Internet at www.nio.gov.uk/nio_departmental_report_2006.pdf and www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/public-appointments.
	The Secretary of State appoints all chairs of the Northern Ireland Office bodies listed in the departmental report excluding:
	Northern Ireland Memorial Fund
	Northern Ireland Police Fund
	Northern Ireland Policing Board
	Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland
	Independent Assessor for Military Complaints Procedures
	Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust
	He currently appoints the chairs of three bodies sponsored by Northern Ireland:
	The Law Reform Advisory Committee (DFP)
	The Planning Appeals Commission (OFMDFM)
	The Water Appeals Commission (OFMDFM)
	The relevant pages on the internet are 157-168 and volume 2, 153, 234-236 respectively.

Lord Adonis: The remuneration and time commitment for the chairs of the Department for Education and Skills' non-departmental public bodies are set out in the table below. The information is correct as at 31 March 2006.
	
		
			 Executive NDPBs   
			 Public Body Remuneration of Chair £ (annual unless stated otherwise) Time Commitment 
			 Adult Learning Inspectorate 10,044 2 days per month 
			 British Educational Communications and Technology Agency 30,000 30 days per year 
			 Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service 523 per day 80 days per year 
			 Construction Industry Training Board 21,420 2 days per week 
			 Engineering Construction Industry Training Board 16,580 1.5 days per week 
			 Higher Education Funding Council for England 43,959 2 days per week 
			 Investors in People UK Unpaid 3 days per month 
			 Learning and Skills Council for England 51,000 2 days per week 
			 Learning and Skills Council for England—47 Local Chairs 5,000 2 days per month 
			 National College for School Leadership 41,120 2 days per week 
			 Office for Fair Access 50,000 2.5 days per week 
			 Office of the Children's Commissioner 130,000 Full-time 
			 Partnerships for Schools 25,000 1-2 days per month 
			 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Does not draw remuneration 2 days per week 
			 Quality Improvement Agency 25,000 1.5 days per week 
			 School Food Trust 15,000 36 days per year 
			 Sector Skills Development Agency 42,881 2 days per week 
			 Student Loans Company 68,000 2 days per week 
			 Training and Development Agency for Schools 44,037 3 days per week 
		
	
	
		
			 Advisory NDPBs   
			 Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy 15,000 150 days per year 
			 School Teachers Review Body 350 per meeting 33 days per year 
			 Teachers' TV 55,000 2 days per week